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Host Greta Johnsen talks to Tayari Jones. Her novel Kin is the GRETAGRAM book club selection for March. It’s about two girls grow up in the 50’s in Alabama. They each lost their mothers in different ways, and those absences shape the trajectories of both of their lives.
Tayari and Greta talk about the power of deep, abiding friendship, the importance of asking for help, and how Tayari stumbled upon writing historical fiction.

UPCOMING BOOK CLUB BOOKS:
April: Vigil, George Saunders
May: Whidbey, T Kira Madden
June: Dear Monica Lewinsky, Julia Langbein
July: Canon, Paige Lewis

SHOW CREDITS
Creator and host: Greta Johnsen
Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg
Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal
Show art: Mac Maclean
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Host Greta Johnsen and co-gost Kristen Meinzer discuss My So-Called Life episodes 13 and 14 -- “Pressure” and “On the Wagon” -- with culture writer and podcaster Margaret H. Willison.
They talk about the show’s many different depictions of teenage desire, the fate of the Frozen Embryos, and Patty’s “congenital inability to chill,” as Margaret so skillfully puts it.

SHOW CREDITS
Creator and host: Greta Johnsen
Co-host: Kristen Meinzer
Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg
Composer: Andrew M. Edwards
Tile art: Lou Lovisek
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Host Greta Johnsen and co-host Kristen Meinzer discuss My So-Called Life episodes 11 and 12 --”Picture Perfect” and “Self Esteem” -- with Christina Tucker!!!! She’s a podcaster and writer who co-hosts the podcast Wait, Is This A Date?.
They talk about school dance drama, wallpaper as an analogy for sex, and the fact that Delia Fisher is a f*****g QUEEN. .

SHOW CREDITS:
Creator and host: Greta Johnsen
Co-host: Kristen Meinzer
Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg
Composer: Andrew M. Edwards
Tile art: Lou Lovisek
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Greta and Kristen discuss My So-Called Life episodes 9 and 10 --”Halloween” and “Other Peoples’ Mothers” -- with Patrick Hinds!
He co-hosted his own MSCL deep-dive podcawst, My So-Called Podcast, in 2018.
They talk about whether Angela ACTUALLY time travels, how terrible it is to add oregano to a curry, and how Patrick thinks about Patty differently now that he’s a parent.

SHOW CREDITS
Creator and host: Greta Johnsen
Co-host: Kristen Meinzer
Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg
Composer: Andrew M. Edwards
Tile art: Lou Lovisek
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The GRETAGRAM book club is officially in podcast form! Host Greta Johnsen talks to Nina McConigley, the author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder. Her novel is the GRETAGRAM book club selection for February. It’s about two teenage sisters who decide they must kill their uncle.
While this book is intense it’s also funny and strange -- or, as Nina puts it, cheeky!
Nina talks about the weirdness of growing up in an immigrant family in Wyoming, the complicated legacy of colonialism, and the nostalgic power of Noxema.

SHOW CREDITS
Creator and host: Greta Johnsen
Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg
Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal
Show art: Mac Maclean
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